Downloads/Plugins Not Showing

[Cilogy]

I'm having trouble seeing my downloads in-game. No custom content shows up at all, no matter what I do. I've installed a legitimate copy of Sim City 4 Deluxe from discs. I have my game updated all the way to 1.1.640. I've followed the proper directions for installation and placed the (.dat) files in the plugins folder. It seems like I'm doing everything right.

I've downloaded:

-Day n Nite mod by Simfox
-BSC Essentials
-BSC MEGA Props SG Vol 1

I'm not sure what else I'm doing wrong here. Have others run into the same problem in which they follow the directions properly yet still get nothing? Maybe I'm just missing something.

Any help or suggestions will be much appreciated, thanks.

[catty]

Hi Cilogy

Welcome to the site, you have done everything correctly, but the three dat files you have loaded in your plugins folder two are dependencies, dependencies hold all the common props and models that a plugin might need, so rather than each plugin being say 5mb each as they have all the props etc in them, the plugin is 500kb and it calls up the dependency it needs, so you could have downloaded a hundred houses but they will all be getting their props etc from BSC MEGA Props SG Vol 1 ... it makes for a much smaller plugins folder and much easier for the game to manage, as to the Day n Nite Mod it will

Days gain richer more natural looking shadows, greater overall contrast and better interaction of terrain and various models (in terms of shading).

so nothing will be obviously different in your game

Hope that helps

-catty

[cmdp123789]

The thing is that basically what you dowloaded are off gameplay stuff... those are basically requirements for other bats that are actually gameplay content. For example, if you want to build mattb35 uk set, you must first download his/her prop pack first... which contains only info for the actual bats... so don get confused... there's a difference between those dependency packs and actual gameplay bats... hope I helped... any doubts... pm me

[Cilogy]

Thank you both for responding. 

I think I understand now. So now that I have the BSC MEGA Props pack, what files would I have to download to use the items?

As for Day n Nite, I guess the changes are subtle enough that I just wasn't paying attention.

Again, thanks.

[catty]

If you haven't already done so, you need to register an account at the LEX (our download area)

http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/Default.htm

as for more SimGoober stuff that uses that dependency see this list

http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_search_00.php?pNO=0&sSTATEMENT=USRID%3D%2726%27+AND+ADMLOCK%3D%27F%27+AND+USRLOCK%3D%27F%27

You will notice more dependencies are listed on these plugins, the plus side is you only have to download them once